The Scheelite Extension Mine is a tungsten mine located in Mineral county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Scheelite Extension Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Scheelite Extension Mine
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Regent District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Corwin And Rush Mining Co.
Production
Year: 1952
Time Period: To 1952
Material type: ORE W
Description: Cp_Grade: ^1.46, W/3
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: W skarn
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): SCHEELITE SPORADICALLY DISTRIBUTED IN TACTITE ASSOCIATED WITH MARBLE AND CALC-HORNFELS IN A TABULAR INCLUSION IN GRANITIC ROCK; SCHEELITE ALSO PRESENT LOCALLY IN QUARTZ STRINGERS IN NEARBY GRANITIC ROCK. ALTERED ZONE VARIES FROM A FEW INCHES TO 13 FEET WIDE
Comment (Workings): 200-FOOT SHAFT AND SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET OF WORKINGS ON 5 LEVELS.
Comment (Location): ADJACENT TO NEVADA SCHEELITE MINE ON N; UTM ESTIMATED
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION UP TO 1952 AMOUNTED TO 360 CONTAINING 1.46% WO3
Comment (Development): COMPRISING 2 UNPATENTED LODE CLAIMS
References
Reference (Deposit): ROSS, D. C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA; UBMG BULL. 58
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON AND BENSON, 1963, TUNGSTEN RESOURCES OF NEVADA; USBM
Reference (Production): JOHNSON & BENSON, 1963, P. 93
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
